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INDEX BY AIRCRAFT
NUMBER AND AIRCRAFT COMMANDER
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Z SQUARE 1
GOLDSWORTHY, BRICKER, SCHMIDT, MAYHUGH
Z SQUARE 2 IRVIN,
McGUIRE, TAYLOR, BROWN, LEWIS, ALEXANDER
Z SQUARE 3 JACKSON
Z SQUARE 4 OSWALD,
WALKER
Z SQUARE 5 LUMAN,
KAPPIL
Z SQUARE 6 FIELDS,
ENGLE, BOOZE, CALHOUN, FOX
Z SQUARE 7 THOMAS,
SULLIVAN, MATHER, VOLTER, McNAMER, POST
Z SQUARE 8
FITZGERALD, MITCHELL
Z SQUARE 9 HATCH,
COVINGTON, CONN
Z SQUARE 10 THOMPSON,
MOCK
Z SQUARE 11 PEARSON,
LAW, HALL
Z SQUARE 12
SAMUELSON, CURTIS
Z SQUARE 13
Z SQUARE 14 MATHER
Z SQUARE 15 PEARSON,
BOWER
Z SQUARE 16 GIEKER
Z SQUARE 17 NUMBER
NOT ASSIGNED TO ANY AIRCRAFT
Z SQUARE 18
Z SQUARE 19
SAMUELSON, RODGERS
Z SQUARE 20 NUMBER
NOT ASSIGNED TO ANY AIRCRAFT
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Z-SQUARE 1 "ROSALIA
ROCKET" SER. # 42-24656
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CREW NUMBER 181
COMMANDER MAJ. ROBERT F.
GOLDSWORTHY (POW)
PILOT 2/LT. ROBERT
E. SOLLOCK
REPL. THIS FLT. BY COL. RICHARD T. KING (POW)
BOMBARDIER 1/LT. WALTER J.
PATYKULS *
NAVIGATOR 1/LT. BENJAMIN
F. EDWARDS *
FLIGHT ENGINEER 1/LT. HENRY W.
WARD *
RADIO SGT. JOHN A.
WRIGHT *
RING GUN.W CPL. ROBERT E.
ABLE *
RT. GUN. CPL, ROBERT M.
GODFREY *
L. GUN. HAROLD J.
SCHROEDER (POW)
RADAR
S/SGT CARL T.
WELLS *
TAIL GUN. S//SGT JAMES P.
CORRIGAN *
OBSERVER COL. BRYON
BRUGGE *
CREW CHIEF M/SGT.
ALFERD W. ANDERSON
NOTE-- * INDICATES KILLED IN ACTION
AIRCRAFT LOST 12/03/1944 ON TOKYO MISSION. COL. KING, MAJ. GOLDSWORTHY,
AND SGT. SCHROEDER SURVIVED AS POWS. COL. BRUGGE WAS BEATEN TO DEATH.
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Z SQURE 1 "PEE WEE" SER. #
42-24762 -- REPL.
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CREW NUMBER
194
PILOT AC CAP. LINDEN O.
BRICKER
COPILOT 2/LT. KENNETH
R. CHIDESTON
BOMBARDIER 2/LT. JACK O.
MUELLER *
NAVIGATOR 2/LT. JAY L. MEIKLE
FLIGHT ENGINEER 2/LT. CLIFFORD B.
SMITH
RADIO SGT. EDMUND
G. SMITH
RING GUN. CPL. EMORY A.
FORREST *
R. GUN.
CPL. JOHN F.
ESTES *
L. GUN. CPL. WILLIAM
A. FRANK *
RADAR SGT. RICHARD
J. GRINSTEAD
TAIL GUN. CPL. STEPHEN J.
DARIENZO
CREW CHIEF
M/SGT. ALFERD E. ANDERSON
NOTES-- THIS AIRCRAFT
ARRIVED ON SAIPAN IN EARLY DEC. 1944.
COMMANDED
BY CAPTAIN LINDEN O. BRICKER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DITCHED AFTER BOMBING
NAGOYA ON DEC. 18, 1944.
CAPTAIN BRICKER AND SIX OF THE CREW SURVIVED
THE DITCHING.
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Z SQUARE 1 SER.
#42-24761 REPL.
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CREW NUMBER 238
PILOT AC 1/LT. ROBERT C.
SCHMIDT
COPILOT 2/LT. DICK
DIXON
BOMBARDIER 2/LT. ORVILLE A.
POUNDS
NAVIGATOR 2/LT. DANIEL T.
THOMPSON
FLT. ENG. 2/LT. ROLAND R.
KOEHLER
RADIO SGT. JOSEPH
W. THARPE
RING GUN. CPL. EDWARD L.
DUFFY
L. GUN. CPL. DONALD L.
BROWN
L. GUN. SGT. CLIFFORD
H. HALLBERG
RADAR SGT. JOSEPH
BAROVIAN
TAIL GUN. CPL. JOHN W.
OVERMAN
CREW CHIEF
M/SGT ALFERD W. ANDERSON
NOTES-- CREW AND AIRCRAFT ARRIVED ON SAIPAN IN DECEMBER
1944. THE CREW
SURVIVED THE WAR AND THE AIRCRAFT FLEW 21 MISSIONS.
THIS WAS AN 883RD CREW
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Z SQUARE 1 SER.
#42-24761 REPL.
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CRE NUMBER REPLACEMENT CREW
NO #
PILOT AC CAP. ORVILLE D.
MAYHUGH
COPILOT 1/LT. EDMOND
R. KRISNIS
BOMBARDIER 1/LT. JACK N.
PIERCE
NAVIGATOR 1/LT JACK C.
DILLON
FLT. ENG. M/SGT. MARION R.
BRADLEY, JR.
RADIO SGT. VEGIAL
L. CLARK
RING GUN. T/SGT DANLEY D.
CLARK
RT. GUN. SGT. ROBERT J.
RAMSEY
L. GUN. SGT. ANTONIO
ZAZAMOVICH
RADAR
TAIL GUN. SGT. RICHARD D.
NELSSON
CREW CHIEF
M/SGT. ALFERD W. ANDERSON
NOTES-- REPLACEMENT CREW ARRIVED ON SAIPAN MAY OF 1945 AND
SURVIVED THE
WAR.
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Z SQUARE 2
SERIAL #42-24662
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CREW NUMBER VZ 182
PILOT AC CAP. JOSEPH R. IRVIN *
COPILOT 2/LT. ROBERT
R. GLORE *
BOMBARDIER 2/LT. WILLIAM L.
MOORES *
NAVIGATOR 2/LT. CLAY D.
SHANNON *
FLT. ENG. 2/LT. MYRON C.
BJERVA *
RADIO SGT. ALFERD
MORTON *
RING GUN. CPL. CLIFFORD M.
FLEMING *
RT. GUN. SGT. RICHARD L.
CONNELL *
L. GUN. SGT. VERDAL
BROWN *
RADAR SGT. EVERETT
L. ABERTNATHY *
TAIL GUN. SGT. MARION E. BERRY *
GROUND CREW-- M/SGT. HOWARD W. MATZ, CREW CHIEF
SGT.
MARION R. BRADY, JR. AND CPL. MERVIN E. TOALSON
NOTES--THIS CREW ARRIVED ON SAIPAN IN EARLY NOV. 1944. ON THE 27th OF
NOV. OVER TOKYO, THEY WERE BADLY SHOT UP AND HEADED FOR
HOME. CAPTAIN
FIELDS CREW WAS IN CONTACT WITH THEM BUT EVENTUALLY LOST
CONTACT. THEY WERE
NOT HEARD FROM AGAIN.
ALSO ON BOARD AS AN OBSERVER WAS MAJ. GERALD MOSIER.
ALL WERE LISTED AS MISSING IN ACTION AND DECLARED DEAD AT
THE END OF THE
WAR.
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Z SQUARE 2 SER.
#42-24744 REPL.
NOTE-- NO DATA ON THIS AIRCRAFT.
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Z SQUARE 2
"20TH CENTURY LIMITED"
#42-24792 BW
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CREW NUMBER 191
CREW MISSIONS 3
PILOT AC CAP. TULL H.
McGUIRE *
COPILOT 2/LT. FRANK
FERNANDES *
BOMBARDIER F/O WILLIAM
SCHULMAN *
NAVIGATOR 2/LT. CALVIN W.
REGNIER *
FLT. ENG. 2/LT. URBAN J.
SCHROEDER *
RADIO S/SGT. WILLIAM R. JOHNSON *
RING. GUN. CPL. ELIJAH G.
LANE, JR. *
R. GUN. CPL. TONY J.
MAIORANA *
L. GUN. CPL. ROY E.
ROBBINS *
RADAR SGT. HENRY
ENGLAND *
TAIL GUN. CPL. SHERMAN E.
BROWN *
GROUND CREW-- M/SGT. HOWARD C. MATZ, SGT. CLYDE WARREN, AND
CPL. MERVIN
E. TOALSON.
NOTES-- THIS CREW DITCHED AIRCRAFT 42-93876 (Z SQ. 13) ON
02/10/45 AFTER
BOMBING OTA, JAPAN.
THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS.
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Z SQUARE 2
"20TH CENTURY LIMITED"
#42-24792
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PILOT AC CAP. JAY J.
BROWN
COPILOT 1/LT. PATRICK
CALHOUN
BOMBARDIER 1/LT. NORMAN A.
EK
NAVIGATOR 2/LT. GEORGE H.
TIMSON
FLT. ENG. 2/LT. DONALD W.
CHAPMAN
RADIO SGT. ALFERD
L. DAY
RING GUN. CPL. GERALD H.
BONELLI
R. GUN. SGT. BRUCE E.
GILBERTSON
L. GUN. CPL. CHESTER
LANG
RADAR SGT. JOHN F.
DURKIN
TAIL GUN. CPL. RUSSELL E.
BOOKMAN
GROUND CREW: M/SGT HOWARD C. MATZ, CPL. CLYDE WARREN, AND
CPL. MERVIN E. TOALSON.
NOTES: 2/LT. WILLIAM LEWIS TOOK OVER CREW AFTER 5
MISSIONS. LT. LEWIS
AND PART OF THE CREW FINISHED THEIR 30 MISSIONS AND WERE
SENT HOME.
THE CREW WAS DISBANDED AND MEMBERS SHORT OF 30 MISSIONS WERE
USED ON
OTHER CREWS AS REPLACEMANTS.
2/LT. ROBERT E. SOLLOCK REPLACED
1/LT. PATRICK CALHOUN AS COPILOT AND SGT. MARION R. BRADBY,
JR.
REPLACED CPL.CLYDE WARREN ON THE GROUND CREW.
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Z SQUARE 2 "20TH CENTURY
LIMITED" #42-24792
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CREW MISSIOS 13
PILOT AC CAP. ELMO ALEXANDER
COPILOT LT. WILLIAM E.
RAPP
BOMBARDIER LT. HERMAN H.
GLICK
NAVIGATOR LT. HENRY J. RON
FLT. ENG. S/SGT. VERNON E. NEBERCALL
RADIO S/SGT. JACOB
MUNZ
RING GUN. SGT. RONALD V.
RIEDLE
R. GUN. S/SGT. CARL A.
MILHON (DECEASED)
L. GUN.
SGT. JOSEPH J.
CHUCKA
RADAR LT. KIETH H.
SELLERS
TAIL GUN. CPL. WILLIAM E.
KEHO (DECEASED)
CREW CHIEF
M/SGT. HOWARD C. MATZ
NOTE: THIS CREW FLEW 11 MISSIONS TO JAPAN, 1 TO TRUK, AND 1
TO MARCUS
ISLAND. BEFORE THE
WAR ENDED, THEY WERE SENT STATE SIDE TO MUROC A.F.B.
FOR LEAD CREW TRAINING.
THE WAR ENDED BEFORE THEY FINISHED AND THE
CREW WAS DISBANDED IN DEC. OF 1945.
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Z SQUARE 2
"20TH CENTURY LIMITED"
#42-24792
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CREW NUMBER 112
CREW MISSIONS
33
PILOT AC CAP. RAYMOND W.
TAYLOR
COPILOT LT. RAYMOND W.
CLANTON
BOMBARDIER LT. ROBERT G.
TROOP
NAVIGATOR LT. KIETH V.
VINT
FLT. ENG. LT. RAYMOND A.
PORTER
RADIO SGT. HERBERT
M. SCHOENECKER
RING GUN. S/SGT HAROLD L.
BRAMBLE
R. GUN. S/SGT. ROBERT
J. BORCHARD
L. GUN. SGT. FRED B.
HENSON
RADAR S/SGT.
DANIEL J. HOGG
TAIL GUN. S/SGT. CHARLES
W. ZETTERSTORM
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. HOWARD C. MATZ, SGT. CLYDE WARREN, AND
CPL. MERVIN TOALSON.
NOTES: CREW ARRIVED ON SAIPAN DEC. 1944 WITH AIRCRAFT
#42-63489,
A REPLACEMENT FOR Z SQUARE 11.
CAPT. TAYLOR
REPL. BY CAPT. HUGH McNAMER
SGT.
SCHOENECKER REP. BY S/SGT. TOM CORLEW
SGT. FRED HENSON
REPL. BY S/SGT. NICHOLAS GLADKY
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Z SQUARE 3
"SNAFUPERFORT" #42-63435
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ARRIVED ON SAIPAN IN EARLY NOVEMBER OF 1944, COMMANDED BY
CAPT. STANLEY
SAMUELSON. CAPT.
SAMUELSON AND CREW, EXCEPT S/SGT. ROBERT EVANS (POW),
WERE RAMMED AND LOST WITH Z SQUARE 12 ON 2/19/1945 OVER
TOKYO.
#42-63435 WAS DAMAGED ON THE FIRST TOKYO MISSION AND
GROUNDED FOR REPAIRS.
IT WAS REPLACED BY # 42-65249. oRIGINAL Z SQUARE 3 (42-63435) CAME
BACK INTO SERVICE AS Z SQUARE 19.
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Z SQUARE 3 "ANN DEE" #42-65249
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CREW NUMBER 103
PILOT AC 1/LT. HARLAN C.
(TOAD) JACKSON
COPILOT 2/LT. NICK A.
MILIN, JR.
BOMBARDIER 2/LT. WILLIAM J.
ROTHWELL
NAVIGATOR 2/LT. WALTER B.
GOGGINS
FLT. ENG. 2/LT. WILLIAM A.
STEWART
RADIO SGT. LELAND
D. VARNER
RING GUN. CPL. ROBERT
MORRIS
R. GUN. CPL. STANLEY
J. ROUPICH
L. GUN. SGT. HARLAN H.
HOOVER
RADAR SGT. JOSEPH
BAROVIAN
TAIL GHUN. SGT. DUANE G.
JENKINS
GROUND CREW M/SGT.
ALFERD W. ANDERSON, JR.(CC), SGT. PINK W. TAYLOR,
AND SGT. ROBERT B. MITCHEL.
NOTES: AIRCRAFT AND CREW ARRIVED ON SAIPAN IN LATE NOV. 1944
UNDER
COMMAND OF 1/LT. HARLAN C. JACKSON. AIRCRAFT CREDITED WITH 46 MISSIONS.
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Z SQUARE 4 "BLACK
MAGIC" #42-24672
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CREW NUMBER 190
PILOT AC 1/LT. NORBERT
J. OSWALD
COPILOT 2/LT. WILLIAM
C. HARRELL
BOMBARDIER 2/LT. RAYMOND A.
OFIESE
NAVIGATOR 1/LT. CHARLES C.
GRAVES
FLT. ENG. 2/LT. JAMES L.
CURD
RADIO S/SGT.
CHARLES M. CIVIELLO
RING GUN. CPL. ROBERT B.
CALDWELL
R. GUN. CPL. ROBERT B.
PORTER
L. GUN. CPL. RICHARD
E. MISCHEN
RADAR SGT. CHARLES
R. HILLIS
TAIL GUN. SGT. HERMAN A.
BICHLMEIER
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. CHESTER H. MOODY (CC), SGT. JOHN F.
TUCKER,
CPL. JOHN W. GNAGEY, AND CPL. ROBERT R. BIBLER.
NOTES: CAPT. NORBERT J. OSWALD AND CREW BROUGHT THIS
AIRCRAFT TO
SAIPAN IN DECEMBER OF 1944. THE AIRCRAFT AND CREW SURVIVED
THE WAR.
THE AIRCRAFT FLEW A TOTAL OF 56 MISSIONS.
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SQUARE 4
"BLACK MAGIC" #42-24672
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PILOT AC 1/LT. LAWRENCE
G. WALKER
COPILOT 2/LT. ROBERT
M. BARTOLO
BOMBARDIER F/O JAMES M. CLARK
NAVIGATOR F/O WALLACE J.
KARYUS
FLT. ENG. S/SGT. FRANCIS
J. McGOWAN
RADIO SGT. JAMES
W. GOODE
RING GUN.
S/SGT. EDWARD J.
SULICK (CFC)
R. GUN. SGT. VERNON W.
HILL
L. GUN. SGT. JACK M.
FALLS
RADAR 1/LT. DEAN
L. BARBER
TAIL GUN
CREW CHIEF M/SGT.
CHESTER H. MOODY
NOTE: REPLACEMENT CREW.
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Z SQUARE 5
"THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A CHRISTMAS" SER. #42-24643
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CREW NUMBER 246
CREW MISSIONS 30
AIRCRAFT COMMANDER 1/LT. LOU C. KAPPIL
PILOT 2/LT. JOHN W. EASTERLING
BOMBARDIER 2/LT. ROY J. MEHRING
NAVIGATOR F/O. WILLIAM G. AKULA
FLIGHT ENGINEER 2/LT. ROBERT J. KRAUSHAAR
RADIO OPERATION SGT. JOHN FORD
RING GUNNER CPL. ERNEST J. BROSANG
R- GUNNER CPL. EDWARD J. KEPKA
L- GUNNER SGT. DALE V. HUTSELL
RADAR SGT. WHEELER F. BLAKE
TAIL GUN CPL. ROBERT H. BROWN JR.
GROUND CREW M/SGT. HOWARD HELMS (CREW CHIEF), SGT. ELTON B. COLE, SGT. BERNARD J. CROSTOWSKI, CLP. CALVIN WILSON JR., CPL. AVERAL N. HALL
NOTES: THIS CREW
FLEW (30) MISSIONS FROM DECEMBER 24, 1944
TO JUNE 5, 1945. JOHN
EASTERLING BECAME AC. ON A B-29 TANKER
AFTER
THE WAR. HE AND HIS ENTIRE
CREW DIED WHEN THEY CRASHED ON TAKE-OFF
FROM MATHER FIELD, CALIFORNIA IN 1950.
WHEELER BLAKE DIED IN HIS SLEEP IN 1985
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Z SQUARE 5
"THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A CHRISTMAS" SER. #42-24643
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CREW NUMBER 184
CREW MISSIONS
PILOT AC MAJ. BOBERT D.
LUMAN *
COPILOT 1/LT. DONALD
E. HARDY *
BOMBARDIER 1/LT. ADMER N. S.
BOREN *
NAVIGATOR 1/LY. ROBERT E.
OLIPHANT *
FLT. ENG. 1/LT. THEODORE
VON SCHILIEDER
RADIO S/SGT. HOMER C. BRAZIEL *
RING GUN. SGT. FRANCIS M.
CORBETT *
R. GUN. SGT. FREDRICK
L. WILMOTH *
L. GUN. SGT. GORDON
WONG *
RADAR S/SGT.
ROBERT N. CRANE *
TAIL GUN. S/SGT. FRED M.
MONTGOMERY *
GROUND CREW M/SGT.
HOWARD W. HELMS (CREW CHEIF), SGT. ELTON B. COLE,
SGT. BERNARD J. CROSTOWSKI, CPL. CALVIN WILSON, JR. AND CPL.
AVERAL N. HALL
NOTES: THIS CREW
DITCHED AIRCRAFT #44-69775, Z 13, AFTER BOMBING TOKYO ON
MAY 25, 1945. THERE
WERE NO SURVIVORS. LT. THEODORE R. VON
SCHILIEDER
WAS NOT ON THAT MISSION.
THIS AIRCRAFT SURVIVED THE WAR WITH 56 MISSIONS.
* DENOTED KILLED IN ACTION
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Z SQUARE 6
"DRAGGIN LADY"
SER. #24694
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CREW NUMBER 185
CREW MISSIONS
PILOT AC CAPT. RICHARD
A. FIELD
COPILOT 1/LT. RICHARD
O. DODDS
BOMBARDIER 1/LT. HORACE A. PORTIGAL
NAVIGATOR 1/LT. FRANCIS F.
MERRICK
FLT. ENG. 1/LT. VICTOR A
KOLESH
RADIO SGT. CHARLES
R. MAPLES
RING GUN. CPL. OTHELLO DORTCH
R. GUN. CPL. EDWIN S.
GAITHER
L. GUN. CPL. DOUGLAS
F. BULLOCK
RADAR CPL. ROBERT
D. COOKSON
TAIL GUN. CPL. ALEXANDER WORTOVITCH
GROUND CREW M/SGT.
BEN H. EILERS (CREW CHEIF), S/SGT. JOE E. RAITER,
SGT. CLAUD N. NEAL AND CPL. JAMES E. TRAVERS
NOTES: AIRCRAFT FLEW
12 MISSIONS. ARRIVED ON SAIPAN NOV. 18,
1944
WITH CAPT. FIELD. IT
WAS LOST JUST OFF THE COAST OF SAIPAN ON A
SLOW TIMING FLIGHT.
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Z SQUARE 6
"DRAGGIN LADY" SER. #42-24694
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CREW NUMBER AL6
CREW MISSIONS
PILOT AC 1/LT. ROBERT E.
ENGLE *
COPILOT 2/LT. GLENN E.
PAVEY *
BOMBARDIER 2/LT. JOHN W.
SCHROEN
NAVIGATOR 2/LT. GERALD R.
AURBACH
FLT. ENG. S/SGT. DOOLEY H.
RODGERS
RADIO CPL. JOHN L.
LIPPA
RING GUN. CPL. ROMEO RENDINA
R. GUN. CPL. FRANCIS
F. MELBER
L. GUN. CPL. WALTER
PUDLO
RADAR CPL. LESTER
E. JOHNSON
TAIL GUN.
CPL. NICOLAS
GLADKEY
GROUND CREW M/SGT.
BEN H. EILERS (CREW CHIEF), S/SGT. JOE E. RAITER,
SGT. CLAUD N. NEALAND CPL. JAMES F. TRAVERS
NOTES: THIS CREW DITCHED THIS AIRCRAFT WHILE SLOW TIMING A
NEW ENGINE
ON FEB. 27, 1945. LT.
ENGLE. LT. PAVEY AND A SAILOR, ALONG FOR THE